Huntington Park High School - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Huntington Park, CA)

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History is what is in the past. A simple enough statement, but does history have more than one meaning? To some, history is a dirty word. A word that means nothing more than a required class in which someone makes you read and write, or, for that matter, think. Others seem to feel that it is simply an addition of knowledge to be used for future reference. But history has a fun and exciting side to it. World history is continually in the making. And within the world ' s history are the histories of sciences, languages, cultures, religions, and countries. HP has a history, and it is far from insignificant. For example, did you know that the Ohio State football team practiced on Reeder Field for a Rose Bowl Game against USC in 1936? Or can you imagine yourself attending school in a tent? Well, that is exactly what the students of 1 91 1 found themselves doing after a catastrophic fire. Through the help of many people, a finalized document of the school ' s history and events has been completed. In 1975, Peter Per- akis ' tenth grade English class, at the request of the Advanced Journalism class, began to research the history of the school by reading old yearbooks and newspapers. During the summer of 1 975 Pat Panos, editor of the Spartan Shield, completed a resume of the historical facts collected by the class; starting with the year 1 909. In 1976, Lisa Golden, Ann Donnelly, Yasmin Rodriguez, and Dana Malkenhorst then proceeded to compile the written material into a magazine format. Progress was slowed and finally stopped when the funds for the project were relinquished. Then, in the fall of 1977, production was renewed as the yearbook editors took over the job. In addition to the help mentioned above, Dr. Paul Griffin and Shigeru Kawashiri ' s bicentennial display was utilized to complete the school ' s history. So now, after three years of hard work, the 1 977 El Recuerdo yearbook staff is pleased to present the past and present 68 years of HP. Our task seemed impossible. But in the next few pages we will attempt to give you a brief pictorial overview of Huntington Park High School ' s long and eventful history. 20 1 909 H.P.U.H.S. is founded. 1911 Fire ravages school.

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